England Vs Sri Lanka 1St Match
MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies in India - 1989 (1989/90) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 15 October 1989 · England won the toss and chose to bowl
England won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) · Man of the Match: Robin Smith
England won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining). Robin Smith top-scored with 81* for England. Phil DeFreitas took 3/38. Man of the Match: Robin Smith.
Sri Lanka, 193/10
| Roshan Mahanama | run out | 1 | 2 |
| Brendon Kuruppu | caught (Jack Russell) | 5 | 23 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught (Allan Lamb) | 19 | 46 |
| Aravinda de Silva | lbw | 80 | 89 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | bowled | 7 | 19 |
| Athula Samarasekera | caught (Alec Stewart) | 24 | 48 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | caught (Graham Gooch) | 6 | 5 |
| Graeme Labrooy | lbw | 0 | 20 |
| Asoka de Silva | bowled | 2 | 11 |
| Don Anurasiri | not out | 5 | 16 |
| Kapila Wijegunawardene | bowled | 3 | 10 |
Extras: 41
Phil DeFreitas 10.00-3-38-3Angus Fraser 8.30-1-25-2Gladstone Small 6.00-0-26-0David Capel 4.00-0-16-1Graham Gooch 10.00-2-26-2Eddie Hemmings 10.00-1-34-1
England, 196/5
| Graham Gooch | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 5 | 22 |
| Wayne Larkins | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 19 | 44 |
| Robin Smith | not out | 81 | 119 |
| Allan Lamb | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 52 | 66 |
| Alec Stewart | caught (Brendon Kuruppu) | 4 | 19 |
| David Capel | lbw | 4 | 10 |
| Jack Russell | not out | 10 | 9 |
Did not bat: Phil DeFreitas, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings, Angus Fraser
Extras: 21
Ravi Ratnayeke 7.00-1-10-0Graeme Labrooy 7.00-1-34-1Arjuna Ranatunga 10.00-0-39-2Asoka de Silva 10.00-0-29-0Don Anurasiri 3.00-0-22-0Aravinda de Silva 3.00-0-16-0Kapila Wijegunawardene 8.40-1-37-2
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